St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-20
Dan Voorhees,, the Tall Sycamore Of the
Wabash, Visits 81. Paul and Chats
in Entertaining Style.
Minnesoia's Crack Miitia Company APP
pears at,Its Best Ga the Eve OF lis
Departure for washington.
4 Pretty Destructive, Fire Yesterday
Huron Men Interviewing Jim Hill
Bits of City News.
Short Talks With Men in Hotels
and on Streets,


Senator d. W. Voorhees,, the Tall
Sycamore of the Wabash, was at the
RYAN yesterday. He is here as counsel
on Minneapolis will contest suit and
was accompanied by Thomas II. Nelson,
a prominent attorney of Terre Haute,
Ind. Senator Voorhees, appeared to be
in good trim physically and his face
wore healthy tan that bespoke out
door life and plenty OF it. The weather
up here forced him To throw open his
vest. and as a GLOBE reporter found
him comfortably settled i'll a Settee in
the rotunda of the Ryan he seemed to be
at peace with the world. He said he
couldn't say anything that would be of
interest to the people, but gives it as his
opinion that James G. Blaine could get
the nomination for the presidency in
IS if he wanted it. but he, didn't know
whether lie would accept it or not. Re
garding Cleveland. he said if the Dem
orratic convention was tObe he'd nowhe
would undoubtedly be nominated y
wear from now the tide of politics may
he changed. but he thought If Cleveland
was nominated in 1888 he would UNI
dOubteAly be elected. The senator goes
to MINNEAPOLIS this morning.
10Y. HUTCH, bl 4'dhtIti, Nst7 biSCON
cred Yesterday afternoon buried i'll the
Shadows Of a niche in the Ryan rotunda
in close conversation with Territorial
Treasurer Raymond ami Col. Steele.
The governor insisted that the confer
ence meant nothing, and stated that he
had Just taken run up here from HUI
ron A. Il sort of Il pleasure trip, with the
expectation OF returning i'll the evening.
He said tie bids for territorial bonds
for the moneys appropriated by the
legislature last winter would be opened
at Bismarck on May 30. The bonds are
to run to various dates and will amount
to between 100000 and S500,000. The
executive seemed to be highly elated
over the figure for which. the territorial
bonds, sold few weeks ago, were ne
gotiated They were ~ per cent. bonds
and sold at premium of per cent He
claimed that they were the first AZ
per cent. territorial bonds ever
fioated at a premium, and the
record was reached by only about one
purchased by Harris " Co., bankers, of
Chicago. About $50 o'clock the gov
ernor jumped into a carriage, accom-
panied by Treasurer Raymond and Ed
Johnson, and went out to witness the
bail game.
Ed Johnson is probably one of the
livelicst hustlerS in the railroad bust
ness III the two cities on a small scale,
and what he don't know about the
Black Hills country. Dakota, isn't
worth looking for. Yesterday he said
scheme was OF, foot to lElild two narrow
guage roads from Rapid City to Dead
wood; and that dirt Meubi begin to fly
on one OF the grades inside OF three
weeks. The Burlington u Missouri, he
says. is coming in from the south to
Rapid City, and that townwill be city
of 25,0GO people inside of five years. 1t
has 4.C90 rs 4 starter.
a party of prominent railroad men
arrived in the city yesterday afternoon
III a special car, and took quarters at
the Ryan. The party was headed by
c. E.. Perkins, president of the Chicago,
Burlington 81 Quincy road, and Gen
eral Manager Harris, of the Chicago,
Burlington. ~ NortherW. The officers
of the Chicago and Burlington system
had their annual meeting in Chicago
Wednesday. and at its conclusion con-
Guided 10 take flying trip over the
new line and look after their extensions
III this part of the country.